Just catching up on this new thread, but you've received quite a bit of advice AGAINST conversations with OW.
Just wanted to chime in and say that I think it's right for you. I think your situation is only best understood by you. And it seems to me, at least as you've described it, that you are gaining more than you are giving up.
I applaud your strength in fighting for your marriage. And I applaud the fact that you know what your boundaries are. Oddly enough, Michelle Weiner Davis, the founder of this site, also insists that all contact with OW MUST be ended in order for the relationship to be healed.
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The unfaithful partner must be willing to end the affair and do whatever it takes to win back the trust of his or her spouse.
Blessings,
Bill
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."